What students are more likely to grow up and become professionals?
What is privileged children
100
How long have the Irish been immigrating to America?
What is over 200 years.
100
What are the 2 types of Polish?
What is gentry and peasants
100
What are some reasons for Italian immigration into the US?
What is economically motivated, to maintain the household in the face of economic, social, and political changes
100
Who is central to the Greek-American families?
What is the mother
200
Who believed that most students do not understand the social structure in America?
What is James Loewen
200
As of 2008 about how many US residents claim Irish ancestry?
What is over 36.3 million
200
What is the lifestyle of peasants?
What is low standard of living, all family member expected to work hard
200
What did the Immigration and Nationality of 1965 favor?
What is family unification
200
What do the Greek American's believe about marriage?
What is a fundamental union of 2 families
300
"Humanity has been stolen, but it also says something about those who have stolen it." This statement refers ti what?
What is dehumanization
300
What was the major push factor for the Irish to move out of Ireland?
What is the potato blight
300
What are the traditional sources of status for Polish Americans?
What is property, other economic goods, physical appearance, accomplishments, actions, affiliations & Family
300
What did little Italies make easier to maintain?
What is cultural traditions, language, religious practices, and family connections
300
What was a push factor for Greeks to leave their home country?
What is the civil war in Greece
400
What is the stereotype and working class?
What is unintelligent, inarticulate, and overly emotional
400
What was a pull factor for single Irish woman to move to America?
What is Higher status as woman
Increased Independence
Greater opportunities
400
What is a Polish woman role?
What is sexual object, wife, active in organizations
400
What were adult sons expected to do?
What is work
400
What was a pull factor for Greek's to come to America?
What is the end of national quotas & preference to those with family in the US
500
Define classism
What is the institutional, cultural and individual set of practices and beliefs that assign differential value to people according to their socioeconomic class, and an economic system that creates inequality and causes basic human needs to go unmet
500
What are some unique characteristic of Irish Americans?
What is Irish identity and pride, catholicism, familism, lesser amount of overt affection, favoritism toward sons, male authority, use of alcohol to increase sociability
500
What is the Polish mans role?
What is provider, disciplinarian
500
What is the Immigration Act of 1924
What is US federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that county who were already living int the United States in 1890
500
What are some commonalities of early and late greek immigrants?
What is strong work ethic, same occupational patters: service industry, importance of family & religion